I've got an Issue.

Brian Latimer

Brian Latimer

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Falmouth
So, it was back in March when we had a nice Saturday when I noticed this Maple.

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This picture is from July after I installed some ratchet straps. Not great ones but I'm not my landlord's Arborist, or tree worker.

I'm renting a house next to a busy main road. There is a single Phase line located under the canopy, and a 24-32 Black locust touching about 40 ft away.

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It's a bad scene. I suggested that the utility may want it, but they didn't. I asked my super to take a look, and no favors for that scene. It took the landlord for months to call our office and schedule a formal sales call, and got a price. He decided to do it, then on the day before cancelled the job. He said it may be the neighbors. In fact it was is his tree, so he wanted to find out if it was the town's.

I was hoping the thing would come down before it leafed out. Saw that come and go, and threw some ratchet straps on it to do something. I'm an experienced utility removal crewman, but I'm not climbing this removal for free with no insurance, especially over the line on a failing limb.

What to do?! I'm feeling like bringing the hurt down on this scene, but I feel restricted by my instincts on this one.

I'm mostly concerned about our safety. I know electricity can do wild things. Seeing fireworks in my house after a monster locust brings down the pole and arcs through the limb that came through my roof as the house catches fire from the fuse panel and surges the cloth coated wires in this mother is not how I want to wake up during a windy night.

Any thoughts? Action plans?

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Tell your Landlord you are concerned for your and your families safety and are moving out if he doesn't get this issue taken care of. Its a bitch to deal with filling vacancies, especially now that summer is drawing to an end.
 
I don't know renters rights in your state. I was told once if you document that you have notified your landlord to fix the problem (plumbing issue sect) and they do not respond or ignore the issue you have the right to hire to have it fixed yourself. Then you eat the cost and withhold rent until you are reimbursed or the cost is equal to your rent.

It always seemed like a quick way to get evicted, but you can always ask for some legal advise.
 
tc262 said:
Yeah those aren't doing shit that low
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And you putting them in there is in a way saying you know there is a hazard that needs to be taken care of. Thus accepting partial liability at the very least. And I wouldn't want to test my laywers skills to try and get me out of it. Just sayin....
certified letter maybe stating the hazards and what you have done to temporarily mitigate them and recommendations for a more permanent fix.
Just a thought to minimize your liability in this situation!
 
I wouldn't worry about it. If your concerned about it interfering with the power lines, call your power company. Your power company might get it taken care of depending on how close it is to the lines. A maple is a strong tree, and its not dead. Even though it could split, it would take force. If the tree fell on the lines, it would just blow a fuse somewhere down the span.
 
"often has a much shorter life expectancy in North America, sometimes only 60 years. Especially when used on streets, it can have insufficient space for its root network and is prone to the roots wrapping around themselves, girdling and killing the tree. Norway maples often cause significant damage and cleanup costs for municipalities and homeowners when branches break off in storms as it is fast-growing and does not have strong wood.[5][6][7][8]"

This echoes my feelings on Norway's..
 
Wood_Dog said:
I wouldn't worry about it. If your concerned about it interfering with the power lines, call your power company. Your power company might get it taken care of depending on how close it is to the lines. A maple is a strong tree, and its not dead. Even though it could split, it would take force. If the tree fell on the lines, it would just blow a fuse somewhere down the span.
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Welcome to the TreeBuzz forum, @Wood_Dog! Good to see you here! My name is Tim.
 
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